We are at our best when we prioritize ourselves.
I’m pretty sure “having it all together” is the biggest myth sold to modern moms.
Before becoming a mom, I was a classroom teacher—and a very successful one. So when I was expecting my first baby, I assumed life as a parent would come easy to me. But not a week into it, I vividly recall rocking my son and asking, “Why didn’t anyone tell me how hard this would be?”
Over a decade later, I’ve realized that the kids themselves are only 10% of the struggle.
It’s the other 90% that makes modern motherhood feel impossible. The societal pressure to be ever-present, the expectation to maintain a career, and the crushing weight of the mental load.
For years, I thought the solution was to get organized. To optimize. To build better systems. But I’ve learned that the answer isn’t to do more—it’s to do A Little Less.
Welcome to the new evolution of this space. Formerly Mom Life Handbook, this is now a space dedicated to the belief that we can reject the pressure to do it all. I am no longer interested in being an expert on “managing” the chaos. I am interested in stripping it away.
There are two ways to be a part of A Little Less—
📩 All subscribers get my honest thoughts on what’s on my mind delivered to your inbox. These are the “in the moment” posts on what I’m grappling with, how I’m making sense of it, and the permission slips we all need to prioritize our own regulation over external expectations.
🔒 Paid subscribers get everything else: the practical details—the specific decisions, logistics, and “how-to” approach of my own life… the complete post archives.
Audio Versions: Listen to every post on the go in my very own voice.
Community: Access to the comments and subscriber-exclusive Q&A’s to process this journey with other moms.
The Handbooks: My library of topical deep-dives, approaches & decision frameworks.
The Archives: Full access to every post I’ve ever made
A Note on How I Write In the spirit of this space, I want to be transparent about my process. Most of my posts begin as voice notes to myself or handwritten journal entries—just me and my thoughts, disconnected from the noise. I then use an AI partner as a light editor to help polish those raw thoughts for you. This allows me to stay grounded in the actual thinking process without getting lost in the screen, ensuring that what you read is always 100% my heart & my voice.
